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LA Clippers vs. New Orleans Pelicans

March 1, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Clippers beat the Pelicans 137-117 on 2026-03-01 at home. The Clippers started Brook Lopez, Kawhi Leonard, Kris Dunn, Derrick Jones Jr., and John Collins. The Pelicans started DeAndre Jordan, Dejounte Murray, Saddiq Bey, Herbert Jones, and Trey Murphy III. Dejounte Murray (Pelicans) scored 13 points (5/5) in his matchups, with Kris Dunn as his primary defender. Kawhi Leonard (Clippers) scored 14 points (5/10) in his matchups, with Trey Murphy III as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

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LA Clippers 137

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kawhi Leonard GS 29:21 23 3 5 1 0 2 1 8-18 1-7 6-7 +25
Derrick Jones Jr. GS 28:13 17 2 0 0 0 0 2 6-9 3-4 2-2 +19
Brook Lopez GS 25:40 16 7 3 1 0 1 4 6-9 4-6 0-0 +15
John Collins GS 24:35 15 7 1 2 0 2 3 5-14 1-4 4-4 +20
Kris Dunn GS 21:55 9 3 4 3 0 1 0 4-5 1-2 0-0 +1
Jordan Miller 32:13 19 2 8 3 0 0 2 5-6 1-1 8-11 -2
Bennedict Mathurin 25:00 9 5 1 0 1 1 1 4-13 0-3 1-2 +16
Nicolas Batum 20:21 9 3 4 0 0 0 1 3-5 3-5 0-0 +5
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser 19:54 7 6 0 0 1 0 5 2-3 0-0 3-3 +10
Kobe Sanders 4:16 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 3-4 3-4 0-0 -3
Cam Christie 4:16 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1-2 0-0 0-0 -3
Isaiah Jackson 4:16 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 -3
Totals 137 38 29 11 3 8 22 48-89 17-36 24-29

Did not play: Bogdan Bogdanović (DNP - Coach's Decision)

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New Orleans Pelicans 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Trey Murphy III GS 31:11 16 2 3 2 0 3 0 6-15 4-10 0-0 -18
Saddiq Bey GS 29:25 14 6 2 0 0 0 0 5-12 2-5 2-4 -13
Dejounte Murray GS 21:55 17 5 5 1 0 2 2 6-10 1-3 4-4 -14
Herbert Jones GS 21:26 2 4 0 0 0 0 5 1-6 0-3 0-0 -15
DeAndre Jordan GS 11:24 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 -10
Derik Queen 29:01 19 5 2 2 1 3 3 6-13 0-1 7-7 -1
Bryce McGowens 26:23 6 1 2 0 0 1 5 2-5 0-1 2-2 -20
Jeremiah Fears 26:05 28 3 4 0 2 5 1 10-15 5-6 3-3 -6
Yves Missi 20:24 9 8 0 1 1 1 2 3-7 0-0 3-6 -2
Karlo Matković 14:14 4 5 3 0 0 0 2 0-2 0-2 4-4 -7
Micah Peavy 4:16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 +3
Jordan Hawkins 4:16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 +3
Totals 117 41 22 6 4 16 21 40-89 12-33 25-30

Did not play: Kevon Looney (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Poole (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

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Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

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Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Clippers defense

Defender Guarded most
Jordan Miller Bryce McGowens: 21 poss., 1 pts (0/0) · Dejounte Murray: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kawhi Leonard Saddiq Bey: 15 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Trey Murphy III: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/4)
Derrick Jones Jr. Trey Murphy III: 15 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Saddiq Bey: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brook Lopez DeAndre Jordan: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Yves Missi: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bennedict Mathurin Herbert Jones: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Dejounte Murray: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Collins Saddiq Bey: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Trey Murphy III: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kris Dunn Dejounte Murray: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Jeremiah Fears: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Derik Queen: 16 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Yves Missi: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nicolas Batum Derik Queen: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Yves Missi: 9 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
Kobe Sanders Micah Peavy: 2 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Jeremiah Fears: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Isaiah Jackson Yves Missi: 3 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Derik Queen: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Christie Micah Peavy: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jeremiah Fears: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Pelicans defense

Defender Guarded most
Trey Murphy III Kawhi Leonard: 23 poss., 8 pts (3/5) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Saddiq Bey Derrick Jones Jr.: 24 poss., 7 pts (3/5) · John Collins: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Derik Queen Nicolas Batum: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 13 poss., 9 pts (3/9)
Jeremiah Fears Kris Dunn: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Derrick Jones Jr.: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Bryce McGowens Jordan Miller: 21 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · John Collins: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Yves Missi Brook Lopez: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Yanic Konan Niederhäuser: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Dejounte Murray Kris Dunn: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Jordan Miller: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Herbert Jones John Collins: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kawhi Leonard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Karlo Matković John Collins: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nicolas Batum: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
DeAndre Jordan Brook Lopez: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kris Dunn: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Micah Peavy Kobe Sanders: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cam Christie: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Hawkins Kobe Sanders: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Cam Christie: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)